Saturday, 1 January 2011

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you have a very happy, joyful and artful 2011 :-)

Here is my calendar page for 2011, and for once I am actually on time! (Something to do with not being at work over the last few days dontcha think??!) Here's a few closer peeks:

Wow, I am overwhelmed by how many of you want to join Jill and I in our Calendar Challenge for 2011, thanks to everyone who has left a comment saying they would like to join in. Can't wait to see what you all come up with throughout the year. Don't forget you can also upload your photos to the flickr group here and although this group has a title of 2010 calendar challenge I think we'll keep the same group to keep it easy (I'm always in favour of keeping things easy!).

Here is a list of everyone who is joining the challenge. Please let me know if I have missed you off or if you would like to be added (I am easily confused LOL!)

If you look in my sidebar under the title of 'My web pages' you will see a few links. One of these is a link directly to the Flickr group so you will always be able to find it. Another is a link back to my original calendar challenge post. If you click on that link it will bring you back to this post so you will be able to see the full list of who is in the challenge and maybe visit their blog to see what they have created.

And finally, just to prove I did actually write on my December page, here it is finished:

69 comments:

Happy New Year to you too ! And your journal pages for 2010 look incredible. You know I've tried ... and failed after only two months LOL I think I'll just stick to admiring your work, since I will be doing Photoproject 365 too in 2011 and I know for sure I cannot finish two projects ;-)Have a wonderful and creative 2011 !

My page is on my blog and awaiting it's first entry!!! (let's see if I'm this organised 6 months in!!!). Thanks for extending the challenge- I had such fun creating my first page :-) Love your January page. Happy New Year!

Fantastic page to start the New Year Kate, I've got a similar colour background, but there the similarity ends:) I'm looking forward to the challenge and meeting new bloggy friends through it... the experience is adding to my artistic journey! Happy New Year!

You are way ahead! I've just started my background for Jan 11 and although I've journalled all my 2010 squares I had intended to decorate my pages more. Somehow I think I'd better forget it and move on. New Year resolution not to faff.

I love your January page! soooooo..... I started my page last night, and am using a regular 5x8 moleskin which is realllllly not very big when you are trying to fit a whole calendar page, so my square are very tiny- thank goodness that microns are available in microscopic widths!

HAPPY NEW YEAR Kate ♥♥Lovely to see your Jan pages.. sorry I didn't join the Flickr group last year.. something I've never been near.. is it hard! lol..FAB December pages, all finished. Yeah!I've blogged my January pages Here Thanks for looking. Have a great day. Gez.xx

Happy New Year to you, Kate! I just love your calendar (as always). Your colors are gorgeous. And, I agree with you, being on vacation for work this past week made doing a calendar easy. I promise myself, though, that this calendar will always be my relaxing-creativity time EACH month, though. (I secretly feel like making my February one right now!!!!) ♥Hugs to you. Kath

Fabby Dabby pages Kate as always...not started yet (nothing new there)...think I need a good tidy out of my wee room first - all the detrius from Christmas seems to get dumped in here so will get that tidied up and out the way before making a start...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Love Kirsti xxx

Just found your blog today...i was blown away with Gez's pages Last year, and all year I thought I would love to try something like this.....its not my usual style, so it will be quite a challenge!!...hopefully by the end of the month I will be back with a page to show you...Thank you for your inspiiration!!! Hugs Juls

Hi kate i'm going to join in,love your style of art,I am going to post my january pages on my blogwww.katscraftcreations.blogspot.comin the next day or so,I hope this is were it should be as I am still new to all this (I don't know what a flickr group is)let alone how to upload to it.Kat.

Happy New Year Kate. I am taking up the challenge again this year but I am a bit behind having only just come back from hols so will try to get a move on with blogging all of last years and Jan 2011.Love all your pages and Decembers looks good with all the illustrations.I am really looking forward to continuing this year and will try to keep up with the Flikr group.Pat xx

Happy New year. Would very much like to join in the Calendar Challenge for 2011. Have been following your 2010 calendar and have really enjoyed all the pages, very inspiring and colourful. Have just started a new blog today but not quite sure how to link to you as yet. Hopefully I will keep up to date for the year!certainly enjoyed doing my Jan 2011 page it was funThanks Maggie Warke

I would like to add your blog to my sidebar. It's my way of keeping track. Also, since I only decided to start this project toward the end of the year, I am still in the process of finding something appropriate to write in, much less having something ready to show. However, I'll let you know when I get there, and I'll be on time in the future.

Kate I have just posted my pages for January 2011 if you want to take a peek. It took me ages to do the previous post of all 12 months 2010 computers are so frustrating!!!By the way when I click on my name, in your list of peeps joining the challenge, it goes to Sandy Poppins blog. I am assuming that it is me after Flutterby crafter.Pat xx

I've been following Jill's blog this year and admiring her calendar pages. I want to take the challenge this year! I've requested to be added to the Flickr group and uploaded my January page. I'm having fun already!!

So glad you're doing this again, really looking forward to joining in!And I'd also like to confer upon you the 'My Blog Has Got Attitude' award - click here to claim both the award and a $5 voucher!I hope you'll accept,Leanne x

So glad that you're doing this again, really hoping to join in with you xI'd also like to confer upon you the 'My Blog Has Got Attitude' award - click herehttp://craftaholicleanie.blogspot.com/2011/01/for-attitude.htmlto claim both the award and a $5 voucher!I hope you'll accept,Leanne x

Happy New Year,full of creative imagination Kate.I look forward to all the inspirational feeling you share on your fabulous blog.I just adore your imagination used in your awesome art.Sorry I have not visited in ages, life gets in the way sometimes. LOLI have missed my daily dose of Dazzling "KATE".Thanks for always sharing, Hugs Laura.xoxxI teach on Jan 15,I NEED YOUR STRENGTH.. : )Your a screaming awesome teacher..Big Friendship Hugs,Laura. xoxx

Hi Kate, I've followed your blog for a while now and always find your pages inspiring. I'd love to join in the calendar project for 2011. I've been busy making my pages and cutting out hundreds of 4cm square bits of paper (thought it best to get well ahead with that part!)

Hi ! I'd like to join to you for the callender challenge ! I'm from Switzerland, my english is bad but I love this challenge ;-))) Here is January : http://scrappons.canalblog.com/archives/2011/01/13/20116231.html#commentsAnd best wishes for 2011 !!

HiI think I'm one of the two, where you miss the link. Here it is: http://carospinkumbrella.blogspot.com/ (it is my very first blog, so bear with me, if something might not work as expected)I did start my calander, even if you can't yet find an entry, yet.And: Congrats for becoming member of the desing team of stampotique. I'll deserve it!

Hi...thanks for all the work you do; it's TOTALLY FABULOUS!...long-time fan; first time post-er (I think).

I also would love to join. I'm late, obviously, but also early...I follow a lunar calendar, and in some circles, the year begins (often with oaths and troths) on Feb 2, and it does for me too, as my birthday is a few days after. I'm also using a moon/astro theme too.

Anyway, my newest, just for this stream, blog is: http://digitalmagicraftsheart.blogspot.com/No pics yet, and my 'journal' (altering a '93 "Quicken" manual...appropriate for lateness, no?) is half-wet and drying even as I've drawn in the grid. Pics up as soon as I hook up the hardware.

I;m joining the calendar challenge belatedly. I discovered you guys recently through Alcoholinky's blog. I'm skipping January for now but will go back to it. My February calendar is up on my blog. Here is my blog: http://stampingtoescape.wordpress.com/ I'm an relative newbie to blogging, so some of the mechanics may be lost on me. I'll try to catch up!

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